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Freelance writer and film and television researcher (for hire). He has contributed to a number of books and websites about British archive television and cinema as well as recent television series including work for Moviemail, Frame Rated and Arrow Video. Publications include I.B Tauris's 'Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour - A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat Era' (2013) and 'Doctor Who - The Pandorica Opens' (2010).

The Only Good Dalek is the first, full-length Doctor Who graphic novel from BBC Books. It's an exciting tale that should please all Dalek-obsessed fans of the series, old and new. A bold, epic space opera from writer Justin Richards and artist Mike Collins, the book features the on-going war between Earth, in the form of Space Security (and yes, Bret Vyon and his sister Sara Kingdom get a passing mention), and the evil Daleks.

The story takes place on Station 7, where the Earth Forces have secretly amassed all the Dalek tech captured during the war. The Doctor and Amy arrive just as the Daleks have found out where Station 7 is located. They're looking for the 'abomination' and will do anything to destroy it. The station's commander must take a huge risk to defend it, using Daleks to fight Daleks, but nothing is what it seems in this thrilling page turner. Along the way, the Doctor and Amy battle the Slyther (or should that be Slythers, plural?), Ogrons, Robo-men and, of course, thousands of Daleks! It even has Magnetons and preserved bits of Skaro featured in it.

Cathode Ray Tube has a copy of The Only Good Dalek up for grabs this month, courtesy of BBC Books and Ebury and you just need to answer the question below. Good luck!

The competition is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Steve Haywood.

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Question: Who designed the Daleks for the first Dalek television serial in 1963?

The Book(s) What I Wrote

THE BLACK ARCHIVE: WARRIORS' GATE (2019)

"Merits attention from Doctor Who fans interested in the development of a script by going deep into the story’s genesis and shifts in tone, and the infamous production difficulties which plagued it. The glimpses of Steve Gallagher’s original scripts are fascinating, as are the changes made to them by seemingly everyone from directors to producers to cast members." We Are Cult.

DOCTOR WHO: THE ELEVENTH HOUR (2014)

"Whether you’re a fan of the show under Moffat or not, it offers an intriguing, insightful look at all aspects of the series" 7/10 - Starburst, January 2014

"Frank Collins has produced a book that is fiercely idiosyncratic, displays a wide-ranging intellect the size of a planet, but which is also endearingly open and inclusive in its desire to share its expansive knowledge..." 4/5- Horrorview.com